Research Catalog

Title

Tropical rainforests : Latin American nature and society in transition / Susan E. Place, editor.

Publication

Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

Place, Susan E., 1947-

Description

xxi, 229 pages : maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"The decimation of Latin America's tropical forests has been the source of much recent political and popular discussion. In the Amazon basin alone, twenty thousand square kilometers are cleared each year."--BOOK JACKET. "If we are to salvage this vast ecosystem, we must first recognize the complex interplay of political and economic interests that has brought us to this point. Toward that end, Professor Susan E. Place has collected some of the most influential scholarship on tropical deforestation for Tropical Rainforests. The thirty articles - written by individuals as diverse as economists, naturalists, historians, sociologists, anthropologists, geologists, and novelists - reflect the complexity of the topic itself."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Jaguar books on Latin America ; 2

Uniform Title

Jaguar books on Latin America ; no. 2.

Subjects

• Deforestation > Latin America
• Rain forest conservation > Latin America
• Rain forest ecology > Latin America
• Rain forests > Economic aspects > Latin America
• Rain forests > Latin America

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• [pt.] 1. Perceptions of the Rainforest -- [ch.] 1. Green mansions [excerpts] / William H. Hudson -- [ch.] 2. The vortex [excerpt] / José Eustasio Rivera -- [ch.] 3. The naturalist on the river Amazons [excerpts] / Henry Walter Bates -- [ch.] 4. Environmental limitations on culture in the tropical forest / Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans -- ch. 5. Civilization and its discontents / Katherine Milton -- [pt.] 2. Explanations for deforestation in Latin America -- [ch.] 6. The whys and wherefores of deforestation / John Terborgh -- [ch.] 7. The scourge of cows / James J. Parsons -- [ch.] 8. Transnationals and oil in Amazonia / Koy Thomson and Nigel Dudley -- [ch.] 9. The militarization and industrialization of Amazonia: the Calha Norte and Grande Carajás Programs / Dave Treece -- [ch.] 10. Central America: political ecology and U.S. foreign policy / Joshua Karliner -- [ch.] 11. Who is destroying the Amazon rainforest? [excerpt] / José A. Lutzenberger -- [ch.] 12. Deforestation: a Brazilian perspective / Tadeu Valadares -- [pt.] 3. Why save the rainforest? -- [ch.] 13. Tropical forests: a plan for action / The Ecologist -- [ch.] 14. A glimpse at some tropical habitats / John Terborgh -- [ch.] 15. Natural-resource losses reduce Costa Rican GNP gains / David R. Francis.
• [ch.] 16. A cornucopia of foods / Norman Myers -- [ch.] 17. The healing forest / Mark Plotkin -- [ch.] 18. Alternatives to forest destruction: lessons from the Mêbêngôkre Indians / Darrell A. Posey -- [ch.] 19. Colonization lessons from a tropical forest / Nigel J.H. Smith -- [pt.] 4. Prospects for development: alternative futures for Latin America's tropical rainforests -- [ch.] 20. Fight for the forest: building bridges / Chico Mendes -- [ch.] 21. Guardians of the forest: Indigenist policies in the Colombian Amazon / Peter Bunyard -- [ch.] 22. Demystifying the tragedy of the commons: The resin tappers of Honduras / Denise Stanley -- [ch.] 23. Indigenous knowledge and biodiversity / A.B. Cunningham -- [ch.] 24. Debt-for-nature swaps: who really benefits? / Rhona Mahony -- [ch.] 25. Protected areas in tropical rainforests: five lessons / James D. Nations -- [ch.] 26. Alternative rainforest uses / John O. Browder -- [ch.] 27. Peru's rainforest: the kindest cut / Kathryn Philips -- [ch.] 28. U.S. drug firm signs up to farm tropical forests / William Booth -- [ch.] 29. Tourism damages Amazon region / Ty Harrington -- [ch.] 30. How a monkey saved the jungle / Michael Lipske.

ISBN

• 0842024239
• 9780842024235
• 0842024271
• 9780842024273

LCCN

93004335

OCLC

• ocm28063699
• 28063699
• SCSB-1990909

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library